“If freedom is free and none need worry, then what blood drops for thee?” — Ryan Goodrich Copy Share Image
“On weekends his idea of rest was to read military history aloud to his daughters.” — Joseph E. Persico Copy Share Image
“No Big Power in all history ever thought of itself as an aggressor. That is still true today.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Those that aspire to raise their head above the crowd are most likely to have it shot off.” — Leif Herrgesell Copy Share Image
“Jesse and Frank James were the most well-known military-trained gang members” — Carter F. Smith Copy Share Image
“Gentlemen, this is a story that you shall tell your grandchildren, and mightily bored they'll be.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those… — Henry Waxman Copy Share Image
“Then, out of the blue, I had the ah ha moment of inspiration at one of our 3rd SPG reunions as I… — Bill Bowers Copy Share Image
“May be you find out I could be useful getting people out of camps and prisons in Germany - just before they… — Christine Granville Copy Share Image
I think one of the great disasters (in military history) is the way that the Second World War has become the defining… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
“The Tausennigan Ob'enn warlords look like cuddly teddy-bears?" "Yes, they do, and they'd cheerfully exterminate your entire race for making that observation!"… — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
[General James Mattis] a very talented individual. He's - has a personal library of about 10,000 books and he's read most of… — Peter R. Mansoor Copy Share Image
“Members of every major street gang, outlaw biker, and domestic extremist group have been found in a number of military branches.” — Carter F. Smith Copy Share Image
“Congress has mandated an annual report on street gang, outlaw biker, and domestic extremist activity in the military since 2008.” — Carter F. Smith Copy Share Image
I get in trouble when I say things like, 'I'm attracted to violence.' I was a pretty angry kid, and I got… — Caleb Carr Copy Share Image
“What they could tell from an imprint I could barely see was astonishing. “This one old man—short steps,” they’d say, touching the… — Jim Hooper Copy Share Image
During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
“Combat is fast, unfair, cruel, and dirty. It is meant to be that way so that the terrible experience is branded into… — Bruce H. Norton Copy Share Image
The war with Iraq ... had to be one of the greatest non sequiturs in military history. Attacked by a gang composed… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
“Rome, on the other hand, lost—suffering on that one day more battle deaths than the United States during the entire course of… — Robert L. O'Connell Copy Share Image
I love general history. That's all I read really. I don't read novels, I read history. I love it. I live in… — Steve Zahn Copy Share Image
“There had been a time when words had been the only place he could find solace. No book ever lost patience with… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“The enemy must fight his battles far from home for a long time...We must weaken him by drawing him into protracted campaigns.… — Tran Hung Dao Copy Share Image
“The history of sea power is largely, though by no means solely, a narrative of contests between nations, of mutual rivalries, of… — Alfred Thayer Mahan Copy Share Image
“I’ll find out who’s inside. Wait here and keep alert!’ Hallam rasped. He skirted the main path to skulk towards one of… — David Cook Copy Share Image
“In the past few years, genetics have confirmed that the hunter-gatherers were not overwhelmed by the new wave of sedentary farmers, and… — Markham Shaw Pyle Copy Share Image
“Conviction rates in the military are pathetic, with most offenders going free AND THERE IS NO RECOURSE FOR APPEAL! The military believes… — Diane Chamberlain Copy Share Image
“We have been waiting for an hour when we see a squad of German soldiers line up on the roadbed alongside the… — Lucie Aubrac Copy Share Image
Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit… — Stonewall Jackson Copy Share Image
Military history shows air action only cannot achieve the goal of defeating an enemy. — Dan Coats Copy Share Image
“Military Veterans have become gang members since the late 1700s.” — Carter F. Smith Copy Share Image
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